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Contact: Dr. Susan Carson, Madison, WI, Family Medicine
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Local Unions Endorsing HR676
- South Central Federation of Labor, Madison, WI
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By DAVE ZWEIFEL | The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.)
The answer to the nation’s health care crisis is staring everyone in the face, yet as a country we continue to refuse to come to grips with it.
By Melissa Stiles, M.D. | Letters, The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.)
We should look to build on and expand Medicare, not weaken or dismantle it. By replacing our patchwork of private and public insurance programs with a single publicly financed system that handles all bills, we would save about $400 billion annually that’s currently spent on unnecessary paperwork and overhead — enough to provide comprehensive coverage to all the uninsured and to improve coverage for the rest of us.
Media advisory
MADISON -- The Wisconsin Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Care Program, the Linda & Gene Farley Chapter, will host a rally for Medicare on this Saturday, July 30, at 10 a.m. in downtown Madison to celebrate Medicare’s 46th birthday.
Timothy Shaw, M.D. | Letter to the Editor | Capital Times (Madison, Wis.)
In 1991, Appleton and Green Bay had the lowest health care costs in the United States, but between 2000-2010, the physician/health insurance cartels have concentrated health care monopolies there, so that health care costs have risen 290 percent. While over 50 million Americans cannot afford health insurance, UnitedHealth Group pays CEO Dr. William McGuire a $124 million annual salary ($60,000 per hour).
By Dr. David Knutzen | Letters, Madison.com (Wis.)
I disagree since the most credible solution to the rising costs of Medicare, and all health care, has been offered repeatedly for many years and certainly during the health care discussions leading up to the health care reform law. It's a single payer system similar to those used by every other industrialized country where health care for all is provided for between 8.5 percent and 11 percent of gross domestic product.
Dr. Timothy Shaw | Letters | Capital Times (Madison, Wis.)
The only correct statement in Gov. Scott Walker’s op-ed column in The New York Times is that Medicaid is obsolete — but not for the reasons he states.
Editorial | Capital Times (Madison, Wis.)
Under Republican and Democratic governors, Wisconsin has for the better part of a decade been an innovator — and a national leader — when it comes to providing senior citizens with affordable access to prescription medications. Wisconsin’s approach has made these prescriptions available at a significantly lower cost and with better coverage than the federal Medicare Part D scheme.
This morning the Wisconsin chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program joined many other Wisconsin organizations in opposing changes to SeniorCare and called upon Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. secretary for health and human services, to block any federal waivers that would undermine the program. The group’s statement follows:
Dr. Charles Benedict: I want to start off by thanking the medical students, some of my colleagues – there are physicians up here, there are nurses up here, there are future physicians, future nurses, health care people, social workers. We’re all banding together in support of the cause up here, which is to – and we usually don’t like to use this word – kill the bill!
The Wisconsin chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program joins countless organizations in Wisconsin in opposition to the governor’s budget repair bill. We particularly oppose the dramatic changes in policy regarding Medicaid. These changes would take decision-making authority away from our elected officials and into the hands of unelected, partisan appointees with oversight only by the Joint Finance Committee.
By MARGARET FLOWERS | Capital Times (Madison, Wis.)
When it comes to health insurance coverage, Wisconsin receives a B in comparison to other states, but only because it’s graded on a curve. The state’s 9.5 percent uninsured rate falls considerably below the national average of 16.7, but that’s not much consolation to residents who remain uninsured or who are covered by skimpy policies with big deductibles and co-pays.
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Hundreds of people gathered on the capitol steps Thursday in support of a single payer health care plan.